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GEORGE SAXTON, OF ST.LOUIS, MISSOURI.

Letters Patent No. 72,422, dated December 17, 1867.

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Beit known that I, GEORGE S. SAXTON, of the city and county. of St. Louis, and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bells; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and clear description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. u y v This invention relates to an improvement in bells by corrugating the lower portion of their sides or bodies; the object of which improvement is twofold in its'nature: Firstly, it is foi-'the purpose of increasing the tintinnabu'lary quality of the bell, and the volume of the sound issued therefrom; and, secondly, it is for the purpose of constructing small bells of sheet metal, and of one single piece, the corrugations of the sides ofthe bell taking up the excess of the metal toward the base, and thus rendering it possible to form a perfect pressed bell of one single piece.

To enable those skilled in the art-to make and use my improved bell, I will proceed to describe its construc- Y tion and operation.

Figure 1 'of the drawings is a side elevation of` one of the improved bells.

Figure 2 is a bottom planrof the same.

The general form of the bell A may be in any pattern that is best adapted to the purposes for which it is intended. The only feature in which it differs from all other bells is in the corrugations a, which commence in large folds near or at the bottom of the bell, and,ns they rise, gradually diminish toward the top, at which place they'entirely vanish. These folds or corrugations a increase the lower or'vibratory portion ofthe bell to such an extent as to very perceptibly increase the volume of sound produced by its agitation. The chief` object of the improvement, however, is to formV the bell in such a. manner that it may be constructed by pressing, withV suitable dies, a single sheet of metal into the proper form. This of course is confined to small bells, and theA result is to produce a better bell at a cheaper price. The depth of the bell of course precludes the idea. -of pressing a bell into the proper form without taking up the excess of metal in this manner.

I Having described my invention, I claim as a new article of manui'ncture- The bell A, when-it is formed in corrugations, substantially inthe manner and for the purpose set forth.

, GEO. S. SAXTON. Witnesses:

M: RANDOLP, T. E. WHITE. 

